Garment-stay.



J. J. LAASS. GARMENT STAY. Ammonroiunnn APR. s. 1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT onnion. f

JOHN J. LAASS, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, OF MEAD- VILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Patented Jan. 5,1909.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, J 01in J. LAASS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Stays, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wire stays which are applied to corsets and analogous garstay.

ments, and it has reference to that class of stays consisting of a continuous wire which is curved at intervals to form a succession of uniform loops.- arranged in two parallel rows extending throughout the length of the The main object of the present invention is to provide a garment-stay with its loops disposed in very close relation so as to impart great strength and compactness to the structure and thus render the same capable of resisting excessive strains, more particularly when the stay is subjected to edgewise deflection, and at the same time produce a'structure which will possess the required (1e cc of flexibility. 0 that end the invention resides in the peculiar manner of bending a continuous wire for the production of a stay of the aforesaid character -as will be hereinafte clearly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of my application, Figure l is a plan view of a portlon of the wire stay constructed in accordance with the present invention; and, Fig. 2 'isa transverse section on the dotted line -XX-.

Referring to said drawings, 1 denotes the continuous wire of which'the stay is formed and which is composed of springsteel usually em loyed for the purpose.

To produce t e stay, it is obvious that the continuous wire is fedithrough and subjected to the action of bending devices of a suitably designed machine. By this operation the said wire is curved at inter vals to form a series of uniform loops 2-2 which are preferably of circular shape. These loops are arranged in two arallel rows extending throughout the ength of the stay and are disposed in successive pairs lying alternately at opposite sides of the center of its width. The p'ortions of the wire connecting the loops of preceding pair disposed in the other row as indicated at 4. These portions I 4--4: of the wire which connect the two rows of loops are extended in uniform zig zag relation and each passes respectively over and under the two adjoining wireportions 3-3- which unite the loops of two successive pains as indicated at ,-5 and 5 By the described loop-formation of the wire it will be evident that the usual sheet .metal tip 6 can be readily and firmly applied o the ends of the stay What I claim as my invention is 1. A garment-stay of the class described composed of a continuous wire bent at intervals to produce a series of uniformly shaped loops arranged in two parallel rows and formed in consecutive pairs disposed alternately in the two rows, and the loops of vening portions of the wire as set forth.

2. A garment-stay composed of a continuous wire curved at intervals to form a series of uniform circular-shaped loops which are arranged in two parallel rows extending throughout the length of the stay, the loops .of each row being disposed in consecutive pairs, and the pairs lying alternately at opposite sides of the center of the width, the loops of each pair of one row having the connecting portion of the wire extending lengthwise of thestay, and disposed parallel with the connecting portions in the other row, and the portions uniting the two rows of loops crossing the portions which connect the loops of the successive pairs.

3. A garment-stay composed of a continuous wire curved at intervals to form a seriesof uniform circular-shaped loops which are arranged .in two parallel rows extending throughout the length of the stay with the loops of each row disposed in consecutive pairs connected by portions of the wire being extended lengthwise of the stay, and the pairs lying alternately at opposite sides of the stay, the portions uniting the pairs of loops in the two rows being arallel and in close relation, the first loop 0 each pair in a 'each pair connected by longitudinal interrow being directly opposite and connected unite the loops of two successivepaii sas set to the secondly formed loop of a preceding forth and shown.

pair which is disposed in the other row and k the portions connecting the two rows of JOHN L loops extended in uniform zigzag relation Witnesses:

and passing respectn ely over and under two J. 'W$ BoND,

of the aforesaid ad Oining portions which G. KAISER. 

